DR. VIVEK GUPTA

About Doctor

Working as Consultant Cardiac Anaesthesia & Intensive Care in the Cardiac unit Hero DMC Heart Institute, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital since 2001. He has done his medical graduation from BRD Medical College, Gorakhpur. He has completed his post graduate anaesthesiology training from Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital Mumbai. He passed his Diploma Anaesthesiology Examination and secured 3^rd Rank in University of Mumbai. He further passed Diplomate of National Board (DNB) examination in Anaesthesiology under National Board of Examination, New Delhi. He got trained at GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi in various super specialities such as Cardiovascular & thoracic Anaesthesia, Neuroanaesthesia & Anaesthesia for major gastrointestinal surgeries. Besides cardiac anaesthesia practice, he is leading cardiac intensive care practitioner with vast experience in managing critically ill patients with underlying cardiac disease using various life and organ support systems. His extensive experience in various extracorporeal therapies (ECMO/ CRRT etc) for supporting various organs Kidney, Lungs & Heart for life threatening critical situation has saved many lives. He is pioneer in starting ECMO program in North India in 2013 and has established DMC&H as leading ECMO center in country. He is teacher & trainer for various cardiac anaesthesia, Critical care and ECMO courses organized by various societies. His ECMO experience has given him international recognition in South West Asian region as ECMO faculty & trainer. He has delivered several lectures in various national international ECMO and critical care conferences. He is having keen interest in academics and has served at various academic positions in the field of critical care medicine and ECMO. He has written many chapters in prestigious critcal care and ECMO books and has been "Editor" for anaesthesia books, crical care books and ISCCM ECMO CRRT manual. He is contributing in developing various training program, guidelines through Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine. He has a keen interest in teaching lifesaving skills, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) not only to health care professionals but to public as well. He has conducted several CPR training programs in community, schools and for police personnel. He is national faculty for IRCF CPR Train the trainer courses. He is coordinator for DMC&H comprehensive resuscitation training center (CRTC) and regularly organizes IRCF accredited CPR training courses (BCLS & CCLS) for health care professionals. He has special interest in promoting Quality in health care and is actively involved in policy making and facilitating execution of various quality assurance program.   

Course Teacher & Course Instructor  

• Teacher ECMO Fellowship & Certificate courses (ECMO Society of India)
• Teacher, IDCCM Course (Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine)
• Teacher, Fellowship, Cardiac Anaesthesia (Indian Association of Cardiothoracic & Vascular Anaesthesiologists) 
• Instructor, Basic Assessment & Support in intensive care (BASIC) (Hong Kong University)
• Instructor, FCCS (Fundamental Critical Care Support, Society of Critical Care Medicine USA)
• Instructor, BLS (Basic Life Support) &ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) (AHA Accredited)
• Instructor, BCLS & CCLS Courses  Indian Resuscitation Council Federation Accredited  

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

Cardiac Anaesthesia:

1. Anaesthesia for various cardiac surgical procedures including Offpump CABG, Valvular procedures (MVR/ AVR/DVR etc),combined procedures acyanotic & cyanotic congenital heart diseases, aortic surgeries and Lung surgeries. 
2. Use of nerve blocksfor refractory arrhythmia management and peripheral vascular disease induced pain management
3. Performing Transoesophageal echocardiograpy routinely in perioperative period.
4. Postoperative haemodynamic management, ventilatory management, pain management & addressing other critical issues in cardiac surgical unit.
5. Anaesthesia administration and monitored anaesthesia care during Cardiac cath lab diagnostic & therapeutic procedures including TAVI, BMV, High risk PTCA, Cath studies for congenital heart disease and device closures, Electrophysiological procedures etc.

Cardiac critical care

1. Managing cardiology intensive care unit as In-charge intensivist and involved in the management of more than 5000 patients requiring mechanical ventilation or other advanced respiratory support along with haemodynamic & other intensive care management & procedures such as tracheostomy.
2. Managing Extracorporeal therapies including CRRT for Renal Support in critically ill patients with experience of more than 3000 therapies in around 1500 patients since 2009.

ECMO (An advanced support for severe cardiac or respiratory dysfunction)

1. Established &running successful ECMO program since 2013 
2. Working as Incharge ECMO Program, having highest experience in North India
3. Performing and managing Both VA & VV ECMO for various cardiac support (Life threatening Poisoning, Complicated Acute MI, Severe Viral myocarditis, Massive pulmonary embolism etc) and    respiratory support (Severe ARDS due to various causes, Complex airway procedures, Bronchopleural fistula or other severe lung conditions) including ECMO CPR, a unique way to treat patient with refractory cardiac arrest. 
4. Providing ECMO retrieval services across Punjab & surrounding areas

Cardiac Rehabillitation & Palliative Care

• OPD Services, providing consultation for managing various category of patients requiring rehabilitation and/ or palliation.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

• Head Quality & Safety (Hero DMC Heart Institute)
  • Since 2011 looking after Quality & safety department 
  • Actively involved in NABH assessment & surveillance audits since 2013
  • Actively involved in formulation of policy & procedures
  • Actively involved in quality training
  • Member of various Hospital committees including Hospital infection control committee, Credentialing & Privileging committee, Quality assurance committee, Disaster management committee, Code blue committee, Safety committee, Blood transfusion committee
  • Secretary, Clinical Audit and guideline committee (DMC&H)
• Incharge Infection control (Hero DMC Heart Institute)
  • Since 2005
  • Actively involved in policy frame work
  • Assessing KPI & action plan for infection control practices accordingly
  • Supervising the ICN work
• Head, Home care services
  • For last 3 years successfully running DMCH Home care service